Article Nº 1628 Politician Vol. II · p. 151
Garcez (Dr António João Rodrigues)
Original title: Garcez (Dr. António João Rodrigues)
Funchal physician elected deputy for Madeira to the Constituent Cortes of 1821–22, who died in Lisbon before taking his seat.
He was a physician in Funchal when, in 1821, he was elected deputy for Madeira to the Constituent Cortes (Portuguese parliament), which sat from 1821 to 1822. He never took his seat in the Cortes, having died in Lisbon before his credentials were verified. The substitute deputy, Dr João José de Freitas Aragão, was called to fill the vacancy (see that entry).
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